diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 45701ff7..7bff2801 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ repos:
       - id: yapf
         args: ['--in-place', '--recursive', '--style', 'google']
 
--   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/docformatter    # To format the doc strings to conform PEP257
-    rev: v1.7.5
-    hooks:
-    - id: docformatter
-      args: [--in-place]
-
+# -   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/docformatter    # To format the doc strings to conform PEP257
+#     rev: v1.7.5
+#     hooks:
+#     - id: docformatter
+#       args: [--in-place]
+#
 -   repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
     rev: v2.3.0
     hooks:
diff --git a/docs/release-notes.rst b/docs/release-notes.rst
index 3e59fd49..455e670d 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/release-notes.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ This release...
 
 Internal Changes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+* Temporarily remove docformatter from pre-commit by `Katelyn FitzGerald`_ in (:pr:`653`)
 * Pre-commit hook to check for valid yml by `Cora Schneck`_ in (:pr:`625`)
 * CI to run on macos-latest instead of macos-14 by `Cora Schneck`_ in (:pr:`617`)
 * Update and setup autoupdate for pre-commit hooks by `Cora Schneck`_ in (:pr:`604`)